Sean Tubbs

The University of Virginia tends to keep its plans close to the vest, but sometimes keen observers can get a glimpse of its future by poring through property sales.  On May 31, 2024, an entity connected to UVA’s real estate foundation paid the University of Virginia Credit Union $10.5 million for three properties on Arlington […]

To celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, Abundant Life Ministries wants to construct a 10,370-square-foot community building behind a single-family house it owns at 782 Prospect Ave. The group filed the first set of plans with Charlottesville’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services on February 12.  Such a building would be a by-right use under the […]

T he developer of a future industrial building in the Woolen Mills neighborhood has succeeded in a second attempt to convince the Albemarle Board of Supervisors to allow land to be elevated out of the floodplain.  Last June, the six-member BOS deadlocked on a request from Elemental Ecotech to fill in the floodplain. A tie […]

The company that now operates both municipal downtown parking garages only collects data in order to make it easier for vehicles to get in and out, Charlottesville’s economic development director told City Council on January 5.  “The system involves a camera, optical character recognition, and/or license plate recognition to start and end a parking session,” […]